Legal Documents of Sweetwater

When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings herein ascribed for them:

1. "Refuse" shall include garbage, rubbish, ashes, and all other putrescible and non-putrescible, combustible and non-combustible materials originating from the preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, market refuse, waste from the handling and sale of produce, and other similar unwanted materials, but shall not include sewage, body wastes, or recognizable industrial by-products from all residences and establishments, public and private.
2. "Garbage" shall include all putrescible wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products from all public and private residences and establishments.
3. "Rubbish" shall include all non-putrescible waste materials except ashes from all public and private residences and establishments.
4. "Ashes" shall include the waste products from coal, wood, and other fuels used for cooking and heating from all public and private residences and establishments.
5. "Collector" shall mean any person who collects, transports, or disposes of any refuse within the city. (1982 Code, § 8-303)